外甥 meaning in English

wàishēng

sister's son; wife's sibling's son

17 strokes

Meaning of 外甥

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

wàishēng
  1. sister's son
  2. wife's sibling's son

外甥 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ有yǒu两liǎng个gè外wài甥shēng女nǚ。
I have two nieces.
她tā等děng著zhù接jiē外wài甥shēng。
She's waiting to pick up her nephew.

Stroke order for each character

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外 wài · outside · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

甥 shēng · niece · 12 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12

Related words

Words that share a character with 外甥.

外国wàiguóforeign country
国外guó wàiabroad; external (affairs)
外边wàibianoutside; outer surface
外语wàiyǔforeign language
以外yǐwàiapart from; other than
外卖wàimài(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal; takeout (business)
外地wàidìparts of the country other than where one is
外面wàimiànoutside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense); surface
另外lìngwàiadditional; in addition
意外yìwàiunexpected; accident
外交wàijiāodiplomacy; diplomatic
外文wàiwénforeign language (written)

Questions about 外甥

What does 外甥 mean?

外甥 (wàishēng) means "sister's son; wife's sibling's son".

How do you write 外甥?

外甥 is made of 2 characters: 外 (5 strokes), 甥 (12 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.